Johnson Jennings
of Grayson County, VA

Johnson Jennings, son of William JENNINGS, Jr., & Cynthia CAUDILL, was born Oct. 6, 1848, in Wilkes Co., NC, and July 23, 1923, in Avery
Co., NC. He married (1) Sarah Jane Cheek, daughter of Richard M. CHEEK & Frances CROUSE, Sept. 25, 1870, in Alleghany Co., NC. She was born Feb. 15, 1849, in Ashe Co., NC, and died July 1888 in Alleghany Co., NC. They divorced before 1876. He married (2) Sarah Fowlkes, daughter of William A. FOWLKES & Mary Ann LANE, Dec. 25, 1876, in Alleghany Co., NC. She was born Dec. 21, 1854, in Ashe Co., NC, and died July 20, 1921, in Avery Co., NC.

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ohnson Jennings of Grayson Co., VA, son of William JENNINGS, Jr., & Cynthia CAUDILL, was married twice. (See G.H. Latham, Alleghany County Marriages (Heritage Books, 1996).) On Apr. 27, 1870, at the age of 21, he married Sarah Jane CHEEK, age 24, daughter of Richard M. & Frances "Franky" CHEEK. This marriage presumably ended in divorce because Sarah married Creed EVANS in 1878. On Dec. 25, 1876, Johnson Jennings married Sarah FOWLKES, age 22, daughter of William A. FOWLKES, Jr., & Mary Ann LANE. They moved to Mitchell County, NC, sometime prior to 1900. John Jennings died in Avery Co., NC, on July 23, 1923. His death certificate identifies his parents as William JENNINGS & Cynthia CAUDILL.